I Want Your Love: My 58th Blog of the year 2026

Well, hi again, & welcome to our readers here in New Zealand, & around the world, I'm Whetu Ngapo & you're tuning in to my KiwiAvenger blog here on blogger (And this is a double post, remember, a double post! Please acknowledge), but first the latest in the Supercars Championship in Taupo as DJR's Brodie Kostecki held off a late race drama to win race 8 therefore he asserts his dominance carried over from his form in Melbourne that he followed up on top that he remains as the championship leader, while Wellingtonian Ryan Wood (Who leads the JR Memorial Trophy heading into Christchurch) notched up Toyota's maiden win in Supercars since their debut in the championship this year during race 9 that sent the home fans into sheer delight before the cancellation of the planned 10th race of the championship meaning that it has been moved to the 17th of April in Ruapuna for the 2nd New Zealand event as part of the double header due to an unprecedented situation unfolding Cyclone Vaianu when they issued a local state of emergency over there in the Waikato/King Country region (And this is similar to Formula One where the 2023 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix where it was called off due to the floods have struck the Emilia Romagna region so that the emergency workers were there responding of being able to rescue people trapped in the flooding just to save lives rather than being on the track at all times), & we had a power cut here in Whanganui on the same day (And I was having 3 money bags that is a popular appetizer & street food from Asia for afternoon tea that I cooked in my fave air fryer for which was one of the best air fryers I have ever had (Compared to the wok being the best frying pan that it ever had) that I had before the power had been cut) that I was without power for half an hour until it came back on so I could play the Football (Soccer) men's World Cup 2006 game on the PlayStation 2.

And secondly that I had an eventful day on the 12th of April (Well, the cyclone is happening with Cyclone Vaianu circulating around the North Island) such as listening to Brian FM as well as playing that 2006 FIFA World Cup game on the PlayStation 2 (That is by far, my fave football (Soccer) simulation amongst others (I have FIFA 10 also on the PS2 along with FIFA 23 & EA Sports FC 24 on the PS4 versions, also as well as EA Sports FC 26 PS4 & PS5 versions that I've got both digitally) & Gran Turismo 7 on the PS5 Pro, then having Burger King for lunch where I had a regular whopper with fries & water, & me chatting to Dad who cleaned our fridge up while Pops has always been to the pub for a drink or two & had a leftover stir fry dinner before writing my future blog posts then (I posted it on April 12th which is about 20 years since our family took us on a trip to Auckland back in 2006, then on the 11th of April that I also posted it which was about South Africa winning their first men's Rugby World Cup out of 4 way back in 1995, but I thought that the player of the tournament in the same year could've easily gone to the late great All Black, & one of the all-time greats of the sport of rugby which is the GOAT himself, Jonah Lomu (Who one of his teammates of Justin Marshall that he made a comment on the Raw Talent programme already shown on Sky Sport NZ that he would like to go out with him at a fast food restaurant, like Macca's for example (Well, I prefer Burger King as my fave burger joint, but I like Subway as well since it is a healthier option) instead of going to a cafe just before he had that kidney disease that he passed away so young at the age of 40 back in 2015, 2 years before the one that Marshy who admired the most of the opposition players was the late great South African halfback of Joost van der Westhuizen (The late Jonah's old rival) who passed away also back in 2017 as a result of MND).

And thirdly in sports news flash such as in the NRL that the New Zealand Warriors return to winning ways when they beat the Melbourne Storm on enemy territory at AAMI Park in Melbourne to snap a 2 game losing streak, & break the drought against them as well, meanwhile Northern Irishman Rory McIlroy has held off the challenge of American Scottie Scheffler to retain the Masters over in Augusta, Georgia in the United States, & Kiwi MMA fighter Carlos Ulberg finally defied the odds of manhandling Polish competitor Jiri Prochazka on one leg to become the new UFC champion in one of the most weirdest fights in the history of mixed martial arts at UFC 327 in Miami, Florida also in the US.

And lastly that on April 16th or 17th that they're going to show an old Super Rugby match from the archives on Sky Sport NZ that I'm recording on our My Sky decoder between the Hurricanes & the Chiefs from way back in 1999 at Stadium Taranaki in New Plymouth (Including the late great Jonah Lomu who would score a try during that game in the wet of which I didn't know of him playing for the Waikato Chiefs at the time, a year prior to his high profile switch to the Wellington Hurricanes for the 2000 season following his impressive performances that he had during the 1999 men's Rugby World Cup for the AB's), in anticipation of another top of the table showdown clash (The 2nd one this year) between both sides who are seeking to cement their positions on the ladder during round 10 of this year's Super Rugby Pacific competition (The Chiefs had another win by pounding Moana Pasifika to remain undefeated against them at the International Stadium in Rotorua to leapfrog into 2nd, while for the Hurricanes (Who had Fehi Fineanganofo sin binned for roughing on a Blues player that was uncalled in which he was sent to the sin bin, then on report where it should've been changed to a send off offence according to the Breakdown programme that I saw on the 16th of April, but he could be handed a ban for a foul play incident like that since World Rugby & New Zealand rugby had already issued a war on high contact when it was introduced at the start of 2017 for which is like gun control to start with even though our country's firearm legislations are strict when we once had the Christchurch mass mosque massacre back in 2019 (For which was Aramoana 2.0 to start with), just like with Australia following Port Arthur 30 years ago (And also the tragic terror attacks down under took place near Bondi Beach in Sydney last year), then Norway after Utoya back in 2011, & the UK in the aftermath of Dunblane in Scotland way back in 1996 (Same year as the Port Arthur mass shooting that they also once had, then the Bondi Beach terror attacks last year in December for that was the tragic sequel that was inspired by Port Arthur), but the United States has not since their gun control measures aren't strict also following the late Kennedy who got shot & killed in 1963 by an assassin, the last US President to do so), they remain on top of the table following their humiliation against the Blues (Who have dropped to 3rd behind the Chiefs (Who had Damian McKenzie who reached 1,500 points in Super Rugby Pacific, the 2nd time a New Zealand player has achieved that for one team in Super Rugby as he is closing the gap to within 200 of the great Dan Carter, in which D-Mac had his standout player of the game performance), but is expected to have both regular captain Patrick Tuipulotu & openside flanker Dalton Papali'i back for the clash against the Highlanders at Eden Park in Auckland to get the weekend underway) at Hnry Stadium in Wellington) at FMG Stadium Waikato in Hamilton (And other results include the Brumbies have added the Highlanders as the list of Kiwi teams who would fall short against the men from Canberra who have their bid of becoming the first Aussie side to complete a stunning clean sweep against New Zealand sides this season that are still well & truly alive at Forsyth Barr Stadium in Dunedin (Their next match is against the Hurricanes at the new Te Kaha Stadium during Super Round in Christchurch for a chance to win against all 5 NZ teams for the first time this season in which they'll do that next time round (But no Australian team has ever done that in the history of Super Rugby), then the Fijian Drua had a narrow win against the Western Force who thought that they should've won at Churchill Park in Lautoka (And the Force were about to deliver the terrible news, such as Darby Lancaster is gone, for the whole season), & for the Reds, they have finally beaten the Crusaders (Who have their list of key players that are part of the growing casualty ward in which the red & blacks are currently dealing with, such as inspirational skipper David Havili) at Lang Park in Brisbane for the 1st time since the 2011 Super Rugby final).

So that is my 706th blog of the year 2026 (MMXXVI) & my 58th of this year, viva Ukraine.

Gives You Hell: My 57th Blog of the year 2026

Well, welcome to our readers here in New Zealand, & around the world, I'm Whetu Ngapo & you're tuning in to my KiwiAvenger blog here on blogger, but first that I was doing my blog in 2022 about comparing to different eras in sport like the 2016-17 Golden State Warriors would prolly slay the 1997-98 Chicago Bulls in terms of their style of play according to Draymond Green who is one of the players playing for the Dubs in the National Basketball Association that he was rewatching game 6 between the Chicago Bulls & the Utah Jazz in the 1998 NBA finals, but nowadays this year that the 2015 men's Rugby World Cup winning All Blacks side would totally massacre the 2023 Springboks team in a game of rugby by 22 points compared to the 2023 Aussie Cricket team that won the men's ODI Cricket World Cup would annihilate the 2019 England Cricket team in an ODI cricket match, & the 2018 French national Football (Soccer) team (AKA les Bleus) who were champions of the football (Soccer) world, would outsmart the 2022 Argentinian national Football (Soccer) Team (Known as la Albiceleste) by the barest of margins of a single point in a game of football (Soccer) as well.

And secondly that there was a tragic story that I never mentioned before on my blogs involving the African American boxer James 'The Harlem Hammer' Butler who famously king hitted a Jamaican competitor of Richard 'The Alien' Grant after a 10 round charity boxing fight to raise awareness for the victims & their families lives who have lost in a tragic terror attack in New York on September 11th, back in 2001 in front of legislation enforcement, fire, & paramedic services during a post-fight attack which took place, before been given a 4 month incarceration sentence for the crime that he first committed, then he was sent back to the slammer behind bars for 29 years & 4 months for the killing of sportswriter Sam Kellerman also back in 2004 in which the man known as 'The Hammer' committed another crime for which was serious in which he was a repeat offender, & has been there since (And the late Sam told Butler several times as he asked him to leave that place then, even before the murder take place which did not impress one of the police inspectors who saw something that foul play must've been occurred).

And thirdly that La Roja of the Spain national football team in their bid of winning this year's Football (Soccer) men's World Cup after 16 years where they won their one, & only World Cup title back in 2010, were about to deliver the bad news that they had a major, Lamine Yamal is out, for the whole tournament (As a result of a torn adductor that he's currently dealing with which could be heartbreaking for the Spanish & their chances of winning the Football (Soccer) men's World Cup for the first time since 16 years ago (But they have not confirmed this since they have made it unofficial), just like New Zealand who have our injured stars such as captain Chris Wood who recently returned from knee surgery to play for his club of Nottingham Forest coached by an Aussie of Ange Postecoglou in the Premier League (Which is currently led by Arsenal, but Manchester City are chasing them down in order to regain the title that they last won in the 2023-24 season before Liverpool were the champions last season, in 2024-25), as well as stand in skipper Michael Boxall due to a groin problem, & others like vice-captain Liberato Cacace (An Italian Kiwi (Just like Sir John's son Niko the footballer (Soccer player), & his America's Cup sailor brother of Luca who sailed for the Italian syndicate of Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli in the 2024 edition of the Louis Vuitton Cup) who was 9 or 10 years of age when he attended school when New Zealand last appeared on a world football (Soccer) stage), Sarpreet Singh (Also an Indian Kiwi who is both the Rachin Ravindra, & Ish Sodhi of New Zealand football (Soccer) who plays for the Wellington Phoenix), Marko Stamenic (One of the New Zealander players who is of both Croatian (Just like Ivan Vicelich (His 18 year old son Luka plays for Auckland FC as part of the youth academy system) that we used to have), & Samoan descent (Also just like Tim Cahill who is a Samoan Aussie, but his English born son named Kyah (His famous dad Tim is from Australia) has opted to play for his ancestral homeland of the Samoans) & comes from a family of both people from Dalmatia, & the Pacific Islands), & Matt Garbett), just like that Argentinian World Cup winning defender Juan Foyth who will miss the tournament altogether with a serious injury, such as a ruptured Achilles that hampered Argentina's chances of becoming the first side since Brazil in 1962, to complete the successful defence of the World Cup.

And finally in the Pac 4 women's Rugby Championship such as the Black Ferns (Who had disciplinary issues such as Tanya Kalounivale who had been sent to the sin bin, then on report for a high contact on an American player, before the bunker decided that it has been changed to a send off offence, meaning that Kalounivale will be suspended for the next game according to the judiciary (But there has been an update as Kalounivale is cleared of any serious wrongdoing meaning that she is free to play against Canada), & we played with 13 players at one point after one of our Black Ferns players had been sent to the bin for an infraction) begin our women's Rugby World Cup cycle with a win against the United States at Sacramento, California, therefore beginning our tournament campaign by bouncing back after disappointment in the semi of the women's World Cup against Canada last year, then the Canadians overcame a weather delay with a flawless victory (Or a perfect, great or excellent win) over the Wallaroos of Australia (Who had Cecelia Smith sin binned for a dangerous tackle) with a 24 - 0 clean sheet score line, but set their sights on New Zealand (Who are seeking vengeance after our heartbreaking defeat in the semifinal against them of last year's women's RWC in Bristol, England in one of the biggest boil overs of the tournament in which the Black Ferns are winless in the last 3 meetings against the Canadian women (Both losses (Including the ones in Christchurch the year before, & in Bristol in the women's World Cup semi last year) & a draw (That was also last year at the Apollo Projects Stadium), but our last victory came in 2023 in which the last time New Zealand had defeated Canada in international women's rugby) as they continue their dominance against us when the next round is scheduled on Friday April 17th in Kansas City, Missouri.

So that is my 705th blog of the year 2026 (MMXXVI) & my 57th of this year, viva Ukraine.

The Reason: My 56th Blog of the year 2026

Well, welcome to our readers here in New Zealand, & around the world, I'm Whetu Ngapo & you're tuning in to my KiwiAvenger blog here on blogger, but first that Cyclone Vaianu is approaching on the North Island in New Zealand as residents in the Whanganui-Manawatu region are being urged to get ready for several gales, & lengthy periods of heavy rain with a strong wind being in place for the region from 4am Sunday on the 12th of April until 1am on Monday, April 13th as the region braces cyclone Vaianu as officials warn of intense breezes, heavy rain & power outages, even though with the cyclone expected to come in at 6pm for which is expected from the north as the greater impact will be on those eastern districts, but Met Service urged people to keep an eye on for forecasts as watches, & warnings are going to be updated according to the Whanganui Chronicle newspaper headline article that I saw.

And secondly that Toyota hasn't wasted any time in establishing themselves in the Supercar scene because they are moving forward, & are in a big hurry as the new closed park regs have been introduced, while Chaz Mostert reveals that he's married to a Kiwi wife so there is plenty of New Zealand support there that is going to be marred by rain which is set to lash Taupo from the 12th of April in the evening, until April 13th, while for 'Woody' who is Toyota's highest placed driver in the championship, it is a return to an extremely happy hunting ground on the weekend of April 10th to 12th, with Taupo the scene of Ryan Wood's equal-best finish of the rookie season the year before, with a fine run to 4th in the season opener, but last year he scored his first podium at the venue, climbing up alongside his childhood friend Matt Payne & in summer that he claimed the Denny Hulme Memorial Trophy with both wins in CTFROT as the 22 year old from Wellington is eager to put on a show in front of his home crowd, but is wary of tyre management on Taupo's ultra abrasive-surface, meanwhile the focus is on the weather comes as Cyclone Vaianu tracks south towards New Zealand, having passed to the west of Fiji (Who were without power recently, especially their homes when the cyclone had struck across the nation), with Taupo's only wet race to date was the first ever race also the year before, which was convincingly won by BJR's Andre Heimgartner, who will also be at the helm of a Supra for Brad Jones Racing that weekend as I saw it on the Whanganui Chronicle newspaper sports news section.

And thirdly that next year's edition of the Auld Mug will have some American involvement after all as they announced that American Racing Challenger Team USA has submitted a late bid for that had been confirmed as a late entry & will represent the Sail Newport club, because I thought that the 2027 event held in the city of Napoli in Italy, would be the first time an America's Cup regatta would be contested without a representative of the United States involved in racing, while early in the cycle that twice Auld Mug challengers American Magic confirmed that they won't be returning, then appeared to be some chance that Riptide Racing announced their goal of being able to get into a position to enter a bid, but when the deadline for late entries arrived, the team opted out, but however, a different entry has come late to the party to the US, one will have a familiar look to it as its fronted by Karel Komarek & Chris Welch, & led by decorated American yachtsperson Ken Read as chief executive as the new American entry had obtained the AC75 Patriot, & both AC40s from American Magic in order to start their bid as the announcement came in the aftermath of ACP confirmed late challenges had entered when they deadline had been expired on the 3rd of April, while they hadn't been confirmed whether the exact number of late entries, & is expected that at least one more team is still to be confirmed, then for the American outfit that they haven't yet announced any members of their crew & is unclear exactly when they'll join the fleet, with the first preliminary regatta scheduled in Caligari, Italy in the month of May this year also according to the Whanganui Chronicle newspaper sports news article that I saw.

And lastly that New Zealand is set to abolish greyhound racing, as part of its clamp down due to a new legislation being accepted on April 3rd according to Parliament who passed an amendment act as they triggered a war on greyhound racing from August 1st with the crack down first signalled by racing minister Winston Peters, meanwhile that the landmark sports venue of Spriggens Park Hatrick Raceway here in Whanganui is up for sale ahead of greyhound racing being outlawed altogether with about 20 people would lose their jobs following the clamp down for it is about to be enforced, with all of the staff, including the members, participants, & trainers are really upset, & infuriated with Whanganui Greyhound Racing Club chief executive Vanessa Trass who said that the club would host races as scheduled on July 31st before the crack down begins starting from the 1st of August as they club first hosted races at Hatrick Raceway since the 1980's, but in August 2022, Greyhound Racing New Zealand voted to renovate Hatrick Raceway following a lack of maintenance which led to an increase in injuries, & deaths of racing dogs relating to animal cruelty also as I saw it on the Whanganui Chronicle newspaper article section.

So that is my 704th blog of the year 2026 (MMXXVI) & my 56th of this year, viva Ukraine.

P.S. And the entertainment world, especially in our country of New Zealand as Jurassic Park, & Hunt for the Wilder People star Sam Neill has recently passed away as a result of a terminal illness recently, so all thoughts, prayers, & heartfelt condolences go to the Neill whanau for a journey of him throughout his beautiful life that he thrived the film & TV scene as I saw on a front page of the Listener as of July 26th.

Sam Neill

1948 - 2026

Ordinary World: My 55th Blog of the year 2026

Well, welcome to our readers here in New Zealand, & around the world, I'm Whetu Ngapo & you're tuning in to my KiwiAvenger blog here on blogger, but first in the rugby as the former twice men's Rugby World Cup winning player for the AB's in both 2011 & 2015 of Ma'a Nonu has been given a 3 week ban for tackling Wandisile Simelane high that resulted in a sin bin by the referee who referred it to the TMO for dangerous contact infringement when Nonu's team of Toulon had a close shave when they won by 3 points against the Sharks in the European Rugby Champions Cup clash according to the Whanganui Chronicle sports newspaper article that I saw on April 9th this year.

And secondly in motor racing as the New Zealand Supercars Championship double header is coming, with Taupo first on the 10th to 12th of April at Taupo International Motorsport Park, then they head to their historic first ever South Island round at Ruapuna on the 17th through to the 19th at Euromarque Motorsport Park, but we have revealed the points leader of the championship, & it is former Supercars champion from 2023, & a winning driver of the Great Race that is the Bathurst 1000 from the year before alongside his fellow winning co-driver Todd Hazelwood, of Brodie Kostecki who currently drives for DJR as he dominated when he won all but one race at the Australian Grand Prix meeting last time out (The highest placed Kiwi is Matt Payne in the Ford who won the Jason Richards Memorial Trophy last year in Taupo, is 4th in the championship, while 'Woody' of Ryan Wood, is the highest placed Toyota driver in the championship at 7th going into the next event), meanwhile that James Warburton, the CEO of Supercars Championship, has announced his shock departure less than a year after his return due to the conflict between him & the board members such as the shareholders who asked him to step down that role, so the search of a new chief executive officer is on, & they have revealed that Barclay Nettefold will step in as the caretaker CEO who says that an influx of candidates have already come to the fore as the championship searches for its next chief executive officer according to Greg Murphy (The former 4 time winning driver of the Great Race that is the Bathurst 1000) who was chatting to Scott Pye on the Late Braking programme that I saw was shown on Sky Sport.

And thirdly that the 2006 Football (Soccer) men's World Cup final won by Italy about the Zinedine Zidane headbutt on Marco Materazzi that there was no VAR back then to refer it to a possible send off (It was introduced in 2018 to check for 4 things, whether it's a goal, a penalty, red card, &/or mistaken identity, & this is similar to the TMO in rugby where they always refer to both things, whether it's in the act of grounding a try, &/or foul play being involved according to the previous blogs that I did where the sport of football (Soccer) had turned into rugby), so the fourth official had seen something before the ref had shown Zidane the red card for assaulting the Italian defender (Moments before Florent Malouda, Zidane's teammate, got booked for a back chat) by using his head to knock Materazzi (Who got banned for abusing Zidane before the attack had occurred (And the fans attending the final were booing about that particular incident had occurred meaning that they were not happy by being livid with themselves because of the crowd who did not like it when they weren't appreciated about the reaction of the attack such as the French & Italian fans, as well as the neutrals including their locals such as the Germans in which that moment had shocked the football (Soccer) world following an heated exchange such as trash talking or more like the Aussie term of sledging, even though with the Italian defender as the French midfielder reacted with an assault following a verbal provocation that stunned the whole stadium which resulted in a send off offence (Which was the most notorious red cards of all time, compared to the 2023 men's Rugby World Cup where the All Black captain at the time of Sam Cane was the first man to be sent off in a men's RWC final for a dangerous tackle on Springbok centre Jesse Kriel (Cane had been shown the sin bin, & on report before it was being changed to a send off offence due to there was a high degree of force, but without mitigation in which the decision had been made by the English ref (Who got abused by our All Black fans who were upset & infuriated about the Aaron Smith try had been waved off as a result of a knock on in the scrum in the lead up to the try in which the war on ref abuse online (For which has become non-existent) had begun when Wayne Barnes got abused meaning that he is sick & tired of these abusers, & is out there to stamp out on hate therefore resulting in a crack down on abuse towards the rugby referees telling these people to back off by leaving them alone such as they asked to show respect at all times for that was dreadful & shocking according to the previous stories that I did on my blogs like from the year before) at the time was right) for one of the most notorious red cards in rugby of all time, even though we played with 14 players for the rest of the game because we fell short in the end) against the Frenchman in a moment of madness like that (And Materazzi never caught Zidane up again after that infamous headbutt during the 2006 World Cup final which went down in history when a headbutt after a brief exchange of words when the image of that moment will live forever in the memory of football (Soccer) fans, even though that the Football/Soccer men's World Cup winning goalkeeper of Italian Gigi Buffon who said that he was the VAR that he was convinced that Zidane should be sent from the field when the fourth official saw it, not the referee who did not see it because of a delay), therefore he missed a couple of matches for his club during the 2006-07 season) to the ground in vain as the French captain at the time had lost his cool, before being suspended for 3 matches, but since his retirement that he had to serve to work for the community for 300 hours as part of his sentence in exchange for that (And I'm discussing things about football (Soccer) at the moment on my blogs lately in anticipation of the Football (Soccer) men's World Cup in North America due in both June & July for which has been blighted by geopolitical tensions as well as the war in Iran (For which I was reminiscing with when I played GTA IV on the 16th of April with their best expansion pack to date that is the Ballad of Gay Tony where a stash or stick up when Luis Lopez & his amigos of Armando & Henrique, shoot towards the gangsters therefore triggering a gang war that I have not seen combat like that since Tehran, as well as the police until he & his cohorts head to their SUV to drive off before legislation enforcement reinforcements arrive by heading into the drop off point with their stash in order to complete the drug wars mission), especially the political side of it where fans around the world weren't able to travel by attending these matches (And ticket prices will be very dear needless to say) due to the boycott that most of them are avoiding the United States as I mentioned in my previous stories before, despite rugby being our unofficial national game here in New Zealand where it's a gem, & always been the king in our country (And I did a blog about it in 2022, but the sport was invented in 1823 in England (The birthplace of rugby (Along with cricket, football (Soccer), tennis & league as the other sports that the English had founded) by the late William Webb Ellis, so he picked the ball up & ran with it because it was against the loopholes in football (Soccer as I mentioned in my previous stories on my blogs), while cricket is our national summer game here (Compared to Australia where cricket is the national sport in the country, while their national winter game is Australian Rules Football).

And finally that I have revealed that my fave North American sport is out of the 4 along with baseball, gridiron & basketball, & it's ice hockey just like Rejean because of me owning 5 ice hockey games (I'll be getting the 2028 one that features the return of the World Cup of Hockey (Not due until 2028 where they had the last one which was in 2016), but I'll still be getting this & next year's edition of the NHL video games coming out) along with the 4 baseball games (And the reason why I wanted to get MLB the Show 26 is the World Baseball Classic was on & also I've got the 23, 24 & 25 ones as well) as well as the one gridiron game (Madden NFL 26) & both the basketball ones (NBA 2K22 & NBA 2K26) + the WWE 2K22, 2K23, 2K24, 2K25 & 2K26 wrestling game ones that I own at the moment.

So that is my 703rd blog of the year 2026 (MMXXVI) & my 55th of this year, viva Ukraine.

Superman's Dead: My 54th Blog of the year 2026

Well, hi everyone, & welcome back to another blog, I'm Whetu Ngapo & you're tuning in to my KiwiAvenger blog here on blogger, but first the latest in gaming as Dad has agreed to purchase the EA Sports Rugby 06 game for me, & it will not arrive until the 16th of April even though the game is on its way from the South Island, so he paid about 24 bucks for both the game as well as additional postage & handling (And there is no instruction manual in it so I think I'm going to survive without one, but there is an update as there was none available in the South Island as the man in the shop was attempting to find it, so Dad had got a duplicate straight out of Auckland (And it had an instruction manual that time), & I had to pay 32 bucks for the added postage & handling because I do have enough money with me) on Trade Me which is due to arrive the day before ANZAC Day), so I quite literally enjoy playing the 2006 Football (Soccer) men's World Cup game, even though that I'm playing Italy in the World Cup game mode (For which I clocked it when I played against England in the final, & won), but I'm now into the quarterfinal phase against Switzerland, & I have unlocked the Round of 16, then the quarters, while I'm trying to unlock both the semifinal (For which I did on April 10th) & final (Also for that I did on the 11th) stages of the tournament, but I always score both goals in the first half, then run the clock down when I'm playing in the second half until the end as my new tactic in the game (And I'm doing always utmost best not to concede a goal for which I always do just like in a rugby or league game that I also doing my utmost best not to give away a try, penalty goal or a field (Drop) goal).

And secondly that in motor racing such as Formula One that there is a new world championship leader, & it is an Italian of Kimi Antonelli in the Mercedes-AMG who dominated the last 2 races such as China & Japan (But the next race won't be until Miami since the Bahrain & Saudi Arabian Grand Prix races have been called off due to the Iran war (Once at the moment when on February 28th this year that a Football (Soccer) men's World Cup co-host led by that dreadful American leader (Who established a task force meaning that security for football's global showpiece event, is expected to be fully heightened) had made the decision to start a certain invasion on a tournament participant (Who could be withdrawn from the World Cup, but they haven't made it official yet) in an uncharted territory by assassinating the late Iranian Ayatollah, causing total shock as they allowed their son of that slain leader to take over who says that he's vowing vengeance upon thee by answering the call to respond to their troops who had directive shoot to kill orders towards enemy soldiers in a chain reaction of tragic events in response to the fatal murder of the current Iranian supreme leader's dad by the Americans who launched an airstrike for that was entirely unprovoked, illegitimate, & cowardly (Or more like from my point of view that it's deliberate, & intentional) when they had targeted nuclear, military & leadership sites, citing that the action occurred during ongoing negotiations and resulted in significant civilian casualties and infrastructural damage when the nation was under attack somehow somewhat (Great Barrier Reef!), while the strait of Hormuz has since been closed that caused fuel prices to be increased which is our main problem on the weekend of the 12th to 13th along with Cyclone Vaianu which is due to hit towards the North Island of New Zealand with rain & wind since the cyclone had ravaged towards Fiji leaving thousands without power just like in Tauranga recently on that morning) had been broken out already (And they're heading into the first week of the 5 week break being declared by the FIA), so that the constructors themselves were able to continue work of developing their current cars), but there are rumors that the former 4 time world champion Max Verstappen is considering quitting the sport after he & his Red Bull Racing team were having a disappointing but troubled start to the season because they're always tend to struggle in qualifying in terms of a lack of pace (And the wind tunnel development is failing with the car that seemed to go slow on that occasion that has been plagued with issues such as the amount of speed is dropping, but one of Max's race engineers is quitting with Italian Brit Gian Piero Lambiase is set to depart from Red Bull on a gardening leave such as a sabbatical next year as he defects to the rival McLaren team from the 2028 season onwards therefore triggering a form slump for Red Bull that has been declining) for that has been dwindling, while the new hybrid era seems to be not popular throughout the F1 paddock as the drivers who are seemed to be mediocre about it by criticizing them because that they are getting baffled mainly due to the current loopholes & regs that they issued this season, are beginning to unravel at the moment according to the Late Braking programme on Sky Sport hosted by Kiwi motor racing legend Greg Murphy who was discussing with recently semi-retired driver & content creator of Aussie Scott Pye who drove a Super Tourer throughout the Taupo circuit when it was first held the year before.

And thirdly that I was watching an old Super Rugby match between the Wellington Hurricanes (Which featured the likes of Christian Cullen, Tana Umaga, Alama Ieremia, Jon Preston, the late Norm Hewitt, Filo Tiatia, Chresten Davis, & Bull Allen), & the Auckland Blues (Who had players such as the late great Jonah Lomu, Zinzan Brooke, Sean Fitzpatrick, Olo Brown, Craig Dowd, Michael Jones, Eroni Clarke, & Carlos Spencer) at the Manawatu Showgrounds in Palmerston North that was held way back in 1996 during the Super 12 era when the first professional rugby match, had been staged in New Zealand (And there were new legislation being introduced, such as all 8 forwards must be bound in a scrum, & marks cannot be claimed from either a kick-off or restart once a team scores), but the men from Auckland ended up with a win during the match that Ieremia from the Hurricanes had the honour of scoring the first try of the new competition (But the latest in the rugby as bad news had swept throughout the Blues camp as Cam Suafoa is dying because of his serious sickness now being classified as terminal according to the doctors meaning that he has a few months to live).

And lastly that I thoroughly enjoy a great day on the 9th of April as I went to the bank to put cash on my EFTPOS card where I accompanied Pops for assistance, then Pops took me to Aramoho Health Centre to get a double jab of both COVID & flu vaccines straight away so I thought that they ran out, but no, they are available on that occasion so I watched the rugby then doing gaming such as playing football (Soccer) that morning along with Grand Theft Auto, then Gran Turismo, cricket & NASCAR, as well as having a Graze Out fish with tartare sauce, mashed potato & vege meal for dinner (I had a mixture of both butter chicken & beef hot pot soup with toast, & the mixed entree meal that reminds me of Thai Villa cooked in my own air fryer such as spring rolls, samosas & gyoza (And I love my own air fryer even though Pops has one too, because of me instead of using the oven), but on April 10th that we're heading to Caroline's Boatshed for lunch (An hour after Pops is due to have his COVID shot available that day), & I guess what I'm going to have? That I will be having a sizzler burger there (While Pops would have his usual of butter chicken curry meal because of him reminiscing Poppa Jim who had a love affair of Indian curries).

So that is my 702nd blog of the year 2026 (MMXXVI) & my 54th of this year, viva Ukraine.

Clumsy: My 53rd Blog of the year 2026

Well, welcome to our readers here in New Zealand, & around the world, I'm Whetu Ngapo & you're tuning in to my KiwiAvenger blog here on blogger, but first in gaming that I always play Grand Theft Auto IV (So too is Star Wars Battlefront II 2005 for which both the Clone Wars, & the Galactic Civil War eras remind me of a feel of experiencing both Iran, & that dreadful invasion since 2022 that they're still currently having) in response to the Iran war (For which is similar to Vietnam in the 60s & 70s, but it would never end along with Ukraine similar to Reconquista (In which the conflict took place in Spain between the Moors (Muslims) & the Christian kingdoms that lasted for 770 years which concluded with the fall of Granada by the Catholic Monarchs of Spain, therefore ending any oppressive, totalitarian Islamic rule on the Iberian peninsula) that they once had, & the latest as the Strait of Hormuz has since been shut down as a result of that shocking conflict that they're currently having) & that horrendous war that begun in 2022, especially the police shootout stuff that in the Ballad of Gay Tony expansion pack evokes memories of Iran (Well, I'm gutted or I should say, stunned but devastated that the fuel prices have since gone up caused by that invasion in Iran that they had the Strait of Hormuz has been locked down (And there will be a ceasefire being announced for a week so that the strait can be opened, but that's not the case since there is no clear truce as well as no end in sight, & the fee of petrol had been skyrocketed already with the inflation rate seemed to stay increasingly high as long as the war keeps going due to the price hike on gas, & what happens if the fuel runs out? It would be a disaster because it'll be pretty bad if there is a lack of petrol hence the reason why that there is a gas shortage), & the main GTA IV vanilla version has drawn parallels to that terrible conflict which started in 2022 that they're still having, but with no drones (And I have not seen combat like this since either Kyiv, or Tehran due to my experiences of watching it on CNN that I have not seen lately (Just like Derrick McReary that he has not seen combat like that since Belfast according to the previous story that I did on my blog the year before, but crikey, this is like being back in the Iran war, & that awful invasion since 2022 (And also Derrick tells Niko, & Packie about that is like being back in the Troubles (And that's the 2nd time I've mentioned about the Troubles before on my blogs which was about that certain conflict between Protestant England supporting Northern Ireland, & Catholic Ireland that lasted from 1968 which resulted in 3,700 casualties (While 50,000 have been wounded), until 30 years later way back in 1998 that it ended due to an Good Friday agreement) as I mentioned on my same story on my blogs also the year before) that is similar to a pair of ICE shootings earlier this year that claimed the tragic lives of Renee Good & Alex Pretti due to America's war on immigration had already been ramped up with the customs enforcement agency's ability to issue such mass deportation measures that are into play after that dreadful American leader's election win the year before that has certainly raised the ire, then he returned to office last year which is one year on according to the previous stories that I did on my blogs before (While these wars in both that dreadful invasion since 2022 & in Iran are never going to stop, because this could go on for long & the 2 of these wars will last forever for the time being like it might even be permanently, like it may take a century to end it, or even the Reconquista war that I mentioned it on this blog).

And secondly in the music department such as that I have revealed my fave song from the American punk band Rise Against is, & it is 'Re-Education (Through Labor)' that came out back in 2008 (Same year that the Dark Knight which featured Welshman Christian Bale (Who was involved in an abusive rant towards the filmmakers in which Bale was a bit upset, outraged & infuriated during the filming of Terminator: Salvation that was released a year later also back in 2009) as 'The Caped Crusader' of Batman & the late Aussie film star of Heath Ledger as the Joker with by far, his best role to date where he had been posthumously awarded best supporting actor at the Oscars, was released in cinemas, the Chinese city of Beijing who hosted the Summer Games where the New Zealand Olympic team won 3 gold medals with the Ever-Swindell twins in the women's double sculls rowing, then Valerie Adams in the women's shot put, & Tom Ashley in the sailing, followed by the Kiwis winning our first & only League World Cup crown where we claimed the biggest upset in international league against the Kangaroos (Who dominated the last 3 back in 2013 (The last time New Zealand appeared in a final in that we fell short therefore was unable to follow up from our title that we won also back in 2008), then back in 2017 (In which they beat England in a rematch of the 1995 final for that was a low scoring affair) & the most recent one at the delayed 2021 tournament which was held in 2022 (Well, they continued their dominance on top of the league world by thrashing first time finalists Samoa who was the first in history to have a Pacific island nation involved in the big dance of league's global showpiece event) at Lang Park in Brisbane, Australia, then Barack Obama winning the US election in which he became the first African American president in history as well as the US having the best president that they ever had (Compared to that dreadful American leader who is arguably by far the worst President of the United States in history since the late Herbert Hoover, & if the Republicans win the mid terms this year (And let's say that there will not be a Republican dominance expected to continue), & if that country who started that horrendous invasion since 2022, wins the conflict against Ukraine that it would be one of the worst days of my life, but let's say that the Democrats who may have a chance of winning the mid term elections as I told Dad before during our phone conversation on April 9th, according to the previous blogs that I did before), as well as the global financial economic crisis took place where the stock markets had been crashed & collapsed for the first time since the Great Depression in 1929, & the infamous Grand Theft Auto IV game that had come out that year in a controversial way despite that the game had been crowned champions of the gaming world due to its stunning gameplay for which had been a absolute banger & a masterpiece according to the previous stories that I did (And that GTA IV one would be regarded as one of my fave video games of all-time along with Gran Turismo 7 that was released in 2022 & that Star Wars Battlefront II (Not the 2017 one) game that also came out back in 2005), but I like both 'Prayer for the Refugee' & 'Audience of One' as my other favourites from the band (But I like 'Give It All' as well indeed).

And thirdly in food related news such as we went to Caroline's for lunch where I had From the Sea meal there, a day before Pops took me to Burger King that I had a Southern Spicy Fried Chicken Burger there, then I made Devilled Sausages for our dinner on Good Friday, a day before we also went to St John's Club Elms Restaurant for lunch on April 4th where I had Tuscan Chicken there (A day before I cooked marinated chicken with rice & green veg like peas & beans during Easter Sunday dinner), but Dad has been having Mexican food lately because of him reminiscing his days in Mexico with Aunty Tan, the late Nan, & Pops during the mid to late 80s.

And finally here's the latest in the rugby news coming in about the latest round of Super Rugby Pacific which is round 8:

Crusaders 69 - 26 Fijian Drua (It was the Crusaders night as they farewelled Apollo Projects Stadium in style after 14 years with a hiding over the Fijian Drua at their last game over there at the venue in Christchurch (Including Crusaders hooker Codie Taylor who racked up 4 tries in a game that was just incredible in his 150th Super Rugby game in an historic night like that as they went on to take a century of victories at that iconic venue for one last hurrah, out of their 122nd & final match) before making the move to Te Kaha Stadium which is due to host the Super Round during ANZAC weekend on the 24th to 26th of April (The Crusaders will play the New South Wales Waratahs there a day before ANZAC day, while the Fijian Drua will return to the city as they lock horns with the Chiefs the day following ANZAC day)

Chiefs 42 - 14 New South Wales Waratahs (While it was the Chiefs who annihilated the New South Wales Waratahs with doubles by both Quinn Tupaea (Who could be a Super Rugby player of the tournament candidate due to him being an in-form player who is a midfielder, but is worthy to remain with the All Blacks under new coach Dave Rennie, & is leading 5 or 10 votes ahead of Western Force player Ben Donaldson), & Kyren Taumoefolau who would score his first 2 in Chiefs colours in Hamilton to move to 3rd behind the Blues in the standings which is currently led by the Hurricanes at the moment who'll take on the Blues due on April 11th in a top of the table clash as well as the match of the season, at Hnry Stadium in Wellington (And they're showing a Super Rugby archive on the 9th of April where they go back to 1996 where the historic first ever professional rugby match was being staged in Palmy between the Wellington Hurricanes, & the Auckland Blues in anticipation of that crucial Super Rugby Pacific game of the year about to take place on the 11th of April), but the key highlight in that match was Chiefs blindside flanker Samipeni Finau who delivered that monster tackle on reserve Tahs tighthead prop Siosifa Amone, as they sent shockwaves throughout the ground, especially the entire stadium in fact ("Bang! What a tackle!" As Aussie league legend Cameron Smith would say in the NRL section of the Rugby League 26 game commentary, so too is Brian Carney who is the former British & Irish dual code international in the Super League commentary section of that same computer game) for which I recited that Ward 4 line from the Jonah Lomu Rugby game where I always say every time a player takes a big hit on a player who carries the pill of "Mercy me! That could've put him in Ward 4! I hope not, that's a maternity ward" (Although Dad who told me before on the 5th of April that he can't do the English accent while I can), but that's one for the highlight reel in years to come (Maybe the tackle of the season! For the Chiefs! Finau & Oh! Cop that! Cop that big time!), & Roman Reigns (Or Jey Uso, then Bron Breakker), eat your heart out (Or more like both Brian 'The Chiropractor' Lima who once played for Manu Samoa, or the late All Black Jerry 'JC' Collins (Cousin of Tana Umaga who was one of the hardest hitters in the game along with Lima according to the previous stories on my blogs before) with their signature hard but thumping tackles at the 2003 men's Rugby World Cup tournament), because Finau's thumping hit on Amone reminds me of Roman (Or Jey then Bron), & his trademark finisher of the Spear currently used in the WWE)

& Queensland Reds 19 - 42 Western Force (And it was the Western Force who produced the shocks of the round, as they stunned the Queensland Reds in Brisbane for the rarest of wins there in enemy territory (Including a hat-trick from Argentinian lock Franco Molina who produced a stunning upset there, but the Queensland Reds would've moved up to 3rd if they won, & they didn't in the end) when the Western Force's season who they thought that they were on life support, then they put the defibrillator on, but league convert or code hopper I should say of Zac Lomax who was due to make his debut for his new club pulled out after hurting his hamstring during training (Or more like practice) on Thursday, therefore he has to wait in order to recover to make it in time for their upcoming match against the Fijian Drua at Churchill Park in Lautoka).

So that is my 701st blog of the year 2026 (MMXXVI) & my 53rd of this year, viva Ukraine.

To Live & Die in Whanganui: My 700th blog special (AKA my 52nd Blog of the year 2026)

Well, hi everybody, & welcome back to another blog, I'm Whetu Ngapo & you're tuning in to my KiwiAvenger blog here on blogger (Well, welcome ladies & gents to my 700th blog special where the title of this blog is inspired by the 1985 Hollywood movie thriller of To Live & Die in L.A. featuring the likes of film stars appearing in that movie such as William Petersen & Willem Dafoe), but first that Dad got both my pills that I originally ran out, & of course the 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany PlayStation 2 game had turned up instead of next week which is post-Easter where I literally enjoyed it (And there were players from the past like 20 years ago that are in the game such as the world champion Italy side from that year way back with players such as Gianluigi Buffon, Alessandro Nesta, Fabio Cannavaro, Francesco Totti, & Alessandro Del Piero in the team, along with other big names that appeared in the game at the time from different countries such as Thierry Henry, Oliver Kahn, John Terry, Adriano, Pablo Aimar, Cristiano Ronaldo, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Iker Casillas, Petr Cech, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Ivan Klasnic, Jerzy Dudek, Alexander Frei, Andriy Shevchenko, Oswaldo Sanchez, Claudio Reyna, Shinji Ono, Lee Young-pyo, & Harry Kewell, compared to today where they now have modern day stars like Kylian Mbappe, Pedri, Harry Kane, Joshua Kimmich, Erling Haaland, Raphinha, Virgil van Dijk, Mo Salah, Sadio Mane, Achraf Hakimi, Antoine Semenyo, Scott McTominay, Konrad Laimer, Ermedin Demirovic, Thibaut Courtois, Gregor Kobel, Vitinha, Lautaro Martinez, Federico Valverde, Josko Gvardiol, Christian Pulisic, Alphonso Davies, Julian Quinyones, Luis Diaz, Takefusa Kubo, Son Heung-min, Alexander Isak, Patrik Schick, Hakan Calhanoglu, Ronwen Williams, Mathew Ryan, & our own Chris Wood), therefore it sounded like that I'm on cloud 9 to me because it is my 17th PlayStation 2 game that I own since Rugby 08 was my first PS2 game that I had as my birthday gift last year before getting WRC Rally Evolved, Rugby 2004 & EA Sports Rugby 2005 even before I purchased my PlayStation 2 slim console to add to both the PS5 Pro & the Xbox Series X 2 TB consoles respectively as part of reliving my days playing on that retro console, the purchased 16 more, including Gran Turismo 3 A-Spec & Midnight Club 3 DUB Edition Remix (That I haven't played in many years) at Cash Converters (Where I bought Need for Speed: Underground & Cricket 2004 all along) as well as V8 Supercars Australia 2 & V8 Supercars 3 at the old EB Games before it was closed down entirely along with Need for Speed Hot Pursuit 2 & FIFA 10, & then Star Wars Battlefront 2004 & Star Wars Battlefront II 2005 games that I've got after Christmas, & the Cricket 07 & Rugby League 2 games were exactly from Trade Me that I requested it for Dad to buy for me.

And secondly that I had another decent day on Good Friday such as doing gaming, then listening to Brian FM as well as picking feijoas up & making a devilled sausage meal that me & Pops were having for a dinner, & watching the rugby of course like we always do & posting my blog for my Good Friday special as well as I'm still working on my future blogs that I'm due to post (And a day later I was having breakfast, then watching the replay of the Crusaders against the Fijian Drua game, as well as going for my traditional morning walk, & us going to the market, then Cash Converters, & the Vinyl Room, but we're due to go to St John's Club Elms Restaurant for lunch as of April 4th for where I'll be having Tuscan chicken (And then also a day later that I was watching the Chiefs against the New South Wales game from the 4th of April, then played my fave game on the PS5 that is Gran Turismo 7 for I'm still waiting for me to buy an Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI touring car at the legends dealership in game, but they haven't found one available so I check regularly daily until it is found, before I even played the PlayStation 2 for which is the Star Wars Battlefront II 2005 game that I still literally enjoy, as well as the Cricket 07 & Rugby 08 ones that I played before making an Easter Sunday dinner special where me & Pops ate that meal, & after that that I posted food photos that I took from the month of February this year, but how does both Kontessa Ngapo & Diana Green (+ Kenzi Stier (Son of that female teacher who taught me during my technology days at Raetihi Primary School & an old boy of Ruapehu College just like me, but how would I know him, because of that friend suggestions stuff that he tells me) who I accepted his friend request due to the fact that I haven't contacted him since 2009 where I previously been on Facebook) know me that often? Because both of them who accepted my friend request, & now I have 50 friends on Facebook so, I must've been ecstatic about the 2 of Kontessa (One of Pops friends on FB who lives in Kennedy Bay in Coromandel which is located in the Thames Valley province) & Diana (Who I haven't contacted her for 20 years where I went to Ruapehu College with her, but now she lives in Waharoa in the Waikato province), then Giovanna Hall who I have not seen her along with her Indian husband since 2017 when me & Pops were at Caroline's, so I guess I've got 52 friends recently on Facebook now) just like my friend Andy Webb's cousin Marisa Lopez, then I'm currently typing new material on my future blogs that I will be posting.

And thirdly that the sport of football as the Europeans call it, is referred to soccer in North America, especially both Canada & the United States, but I'm divided about the 2 names so I decided to call it football (Soccer), while the late Leon always says the European term instead of the North American one, & I call rugby union as rugby, & rugby league as league in order to differentiate between the 2 names, & there's motor sport who I refer to it as motor racing just like Pops, others like in America & Canada where it's known as auto racing, & meanwhile that I always call the sport of American football as gridiron because it sounds foreign to me as its an all-American name, just like ice hockey is simply known as hockey in both North America & parts of Europe.

And lastly in music related stuff that I have revealed my 2nd fave Canadian rock band is, & it's Our Lady Peace that I love because of the song 'Innocent' that I first heard back in 2002, but Nickelback would have to still be my fave rock band from the Great White North (And I love other famous Canadian rock musicians such as Alanis Morissette (AKA the Madonna of rock, but there was a song by Michelle Branch (Who is rock music's version of Christina according to the previous stories that I did on my blogs) called 'Everywhere' where it was based on the sound of Alanis), then Avril Lavigne (Known as rock's equivalent of Britney) & Alannah Myles) at least.

So that is my 700th blog of the year 2026 (MMXXVI) & my 52nd of this year, viva Ukraine.